Christmas tree support



J. M. WESTFALL 2,430,840

CHRISTMAS TREE SUPPORT Filed April 16, 1946 INVENTOR. JOHN M. WESTFALLATTORNEY Patented Nov. 11, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHRISTMASTREE SUPPORT John M. Westfall, Portland, Oreg.

Application April 16, 1946, Serial No. 662,547

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to supports and is particularly adapted for thesupporting of Christmas trees and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device forsupporting Christmas trees con sisting of a tubular body, said bodybeing supported in a vertical position by detachable legs.

A further object of the invention is the storage of the supporting legswithin the tubular body while the support is not in use. p

A still further object of the invention is the mounting of the legs tothe supporting body in such a manner as to be able to tilt the bodyrelative to the supporting surface to level the same Whenever requiredor in the event the tree is of such a shape as to require the balancingof the same for sake of appearance.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings,specification and claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved Christmas tree supportshown in its assembled position.

Figure 2 illustrates a side View of the support, partially broken awayhaving a fragment of the tree in position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary partially in section View of thelower part of the support.

Figure 4 illustrates the same supporting a tree.

Figure 5 is an enlarged side view of the support disassembled andillustrating how the legs are stored within the support.

In the drawings:

My new and improved Christmas tree support consists of a tubular body lhaving a closed bottom consisting of a plate 2 welded or otherwisesecured to the lower end of the body l, best illustrated in Figures 3and 5. The lower end of the body is threaded as at 3 and so also is theupper end threaded at 4. A removable cap 5 may be threaded either on thethread 4 as illustrated in Figure 5 in case where the holder isdisassembled or it may be threaded on the bottom of the body I, asillustrated in the assembled views.

There are two objects for threading the cap on the bottom of the holder.One is to provide a place for storing the same while the support is notin use, but the primary object is to provide a means of leveling thesupport which will be more fully described later, 45 degree elbows 6 arewelded or otherwise secured to the body I at I. These elbows receive theshort lengths of pipe 8 which provide supporting legs for the holder.

Threaded on the lower end of the pipes 8 are caps 9. The object of thesecaps are to provide means for tilting or adjusting the support togetherwith rotecting the supporting surface. A wing bolt Ill is threaded intothe holder l and 2 to securely clamp the trunk of the tree within theholder, as best illustrated in Figure 2. I do not wish to be limited tothe supporting of trees, as flag staffs and other articles may besupported equally as well as Christmas trees.

I will now describe the operation of my new and improved Christmas treesupport. Figure 5 illustrates the knocked down and storage feature ofthe support. When it is desired to use the support the cap 5 is removedfrom the threads i and theaded on to the lower threads 3 of the body l.The pipes B are removed from the holder and threaded into the elbows ii.The holder may then be leveled according to the nature of the tree to besupported and to the surface supporting the same. The caps Q may bethreaded on or oh the pipes 8, tilting the whole assembly one way oranother. The cap 5 is raised and lowered in order to meet theseadjustments and to directly support the load of the tree. In other wordsby adjusting the caps 5 and 9 the support can be made to stand rigid onthe surface at any desired angle thereto.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact mechanical structure as othermechanical equivalents may be substituted still coming within the scopeof my claim.

What I claim is:

A Christmas tree holder which comprises a hollow support that is closedat its lower end and open at its upper end and is operatively threadedat opposite ends, nipples secured to the sides of the hollow support andhaving their free ends inclined downwardly and interiorly threaded, legmembers having their upper and lower ends threaded and being of suchlength as to fit within the hollow support for storage, the upperthreaded ends of the leg members being adapted for engaging the threadedends of the nipples, threaded floor caps for engaging the lower threadedends of the leg members, and a, threaded cap for engaging either theupper or lower threads on the hollow support to form an adjustable basefor the lower end or a closure for the upper end, said floor caps andsaid cap base being adjustable to cooperatively support and to level thehollow support when the cap is engaged as a base with the lower threadson the hollow support.

JOHN M. WESTFALL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,144,726 Robinson et al June 29,1915 1,577,612 Dees Mar. 23, 1926

